Beijing Olympic Games

Updated: 2008-08-22 17:46:28

(BEIJING, August 21)– Most of them are not journalists by profession, but their work is helps press cover the Beijing Olympics as they post flash quotes from athletes on an online database.
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Updated: 2008-08-18 21:35:31

(BEIJING, August 18) — International Rowing Federation (FISA) president Denis Oswald presented gifts on Monday to volunteers working at the Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park. He then inscribed praises for the volunteers and accepted an English language set of “Smile Bracelets” from them.

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Updated: 2008-08-22 04:30:11

Jingjing the panda does a Kung Fu move.

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Updated: 2008-08-18 15:00:29

Role models and Olympic volunteers pose for a group photo in the Olympic Green. (Photo credit: Jiang Hongjing/Xinhua)

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Updated: 2008-08-17 16:02:13

Liu Jian, BOCOG Volunteer Department director (Photo credit: Fan Fan)

(BEIJING, August 16) — Participants of the week-long Olympic dream tour activity met Juan Antonio Samaranch, IOC honorary president, for a heart-to-heart talk on Sunday morning.

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Updated: 2008-08-13 15:29:01

(BEIJING, August 13)– The city volunteers of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games were busy handing out Green Olympics-themed publicity manuals to visitors at Wangfujing on Wednesday.

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Updated: 2008-08-12 23:54:54

Volunteers distribute score reports at the Main Press Center (MPC) in Beijing. (Photo credit: Li Zihuan/Xinhua)

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